BBC Promenade Concerts 2023

Kurtág’s Endgame has to be one of the most significant Proms for many years

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 43 – Kurtág, Fin de partie (Endgame, semi-staged, UK premiere): Soloists, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.8.2023. (CC)

Hilary Summers (Nell) and Leonardo Cortellazzi (Nagg) © Sisi Burn

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Magical orchestral Proms moments from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Proms 38 and 39 – Audience Choice, Ligeti, Bartók, Beethoven: Anna-Lena Elbert (soprano), Sir András Schiff (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2023. (AK)

Audience Choice at Prom 38 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Exquisite Chopin from Seong-Jin Cho with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 42 – Elgar, Chopin and Strauss: Seong-Jin Cho (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2023. (CS)

Seong-Jin Cho (piano) with the Philharmonia Orchestra © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Passion, emotional honesty and courage: Dora Pejačević’s symphony at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 40 – Brahms, Pejačević: Martin Helmchen (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2023. (CK)

Sakari Oramo conducts pianist Martin Helmchen and the BBC SO © BBC/Sisi Burn

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The Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Adagio from Mendelsohn’s Third is their crowning Proms achievement

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 37 – Weber, Schumann, Mendelssohn: Sir András Schiff (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 12.8.2023. (CC)

Iván Fischer conducts pianist Sir András Schiff and the Budapest Festival Orchestra © BBC/Mark Allan

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The exceptional Yuja Wang is a revelation at the BBC Proms both on the stage and off it

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 27 – Jimmy López Bellido, Rachmaninov, Walton: Yuja Wang (piano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus (chorus director: Neil Ferris) and Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Recorded (directed by John Williams) at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 4.8.2023 and shown on BBC Four. (JPr)

Belshazzar’s Feast at the BBC Proms 2023 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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A feast of sonorities from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 35 – Berg and Mahler: Leila Josefowicz (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 10.8.2023. (CK)

Sakari Oramo conducts violinist Leila Josefowicz and the BBC SO © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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